First off, thanks so much for a great class! It was very informative and cleared up some lingering questions I had.

After listening to you last night, I had an additional question regarding multi-jumps. Where, ideally, do you fit them? In the cool down, on a higher CNS day, tempo day…With high school sprinters, could jump rope take the place in the beginning of the season? Although I have been lucky this year with shin splints, by and large, do you have kids with them perform the multi-jumps? If not, what alternative, if any, should they do? – J.B.

Coach Mangiacotti says:

I usually do multi jumps on CNS days because I like to theme my days. I usually do them after the CNS workout (acceleration and/or max velocity. Jump rope is a great multi jump early in the season. There are a ton of mini jumps like this for early season. I try to have kids do mini jumps and hops in the sand pit or on a mat because of the large number of contacts. The sand or mat just decreases the pounding. If your athletes have shin splints make sure they are stretching their calves in a variety of ways. Tight calf muscles usually increase the chance of shin splints. If an athlete’s shins start hurting I try to do one pool workout with them a week and I have them replace calf raises with calf stretch in the weight room.

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Latif Thomas owns and operates Complete Track and Field and serves as the Co-Director of the Complete Track and Field Clinic, the largest track and field clinic in the United States. A popular speaker and presenter at some of the largest coaching clinics in the country. Over the past 15 years, he has coached more combined League, Division, All State and New England Champions in the sprints, hurdles, and jumps than he had the emotional strength to go back and try to count.
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